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Monday, January 28, 2013

It’s the end of the road for Nigeria, Ethiopians boast

(Jan 28, 2013, Guardian)--ETHIOPIAN players have vowed to add Nigeria to the list of big
casualties in this competition when both counties file out for the last
Group C game of the Nations Cup here in Rustenburg this afternoon. With
two big North African countries, Algeria and Morocco already out of the
competition, the Ethiopians say the Super Eagles of Nigeria will be the
next to kiss the dust.

While Nigeria has two points from two
games, the Ethiopians have one point from the same number of matches,
having lost their last game 0-4 to Burkina Faso in Nelspruit.

The
defeat to the Burkinabes notwithstanding, the Ethiopians still have the
chance of making it to the quarterfinal if they beat Nigeria by any goal
margin Tuesday while praying for Burkina Faso to beat Zambia.

Speaking
with The Guardian at the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport on
their way to Rustenburg, team captain, Gebreyes Degu Debebe, said that
they have what it takes to send Nigeria out of the competition.

“We
have watched the Super Eagles and they are not a fantastic side. I have
told my teammates to have that confidence that we can do it. We have
respect for Nigeria but in a competition like the Nations Cup every team
has equal opportunity of making it to the knock out stage and that is
our target in this competition.

“Having lost to Burkina Faso, the
only option left for us is to beat Nigeria and move on. Maybe, we will
meet Burkina Faso again and I am sure it will be a different game.”
Source: Guardian